Content deleted Content added
adding Vinod Kambli Tag: Reverted |
adding Remo D'Souza, self-admission in the video Tag: Reverted |
||
| Line 60: | Line 60: | ||
* [[Henry Alfred Krishnapillai]] - well-known poet in Tamil language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arthur Jeyakumar |first1=D. |title=Krishnapillai, Henry Alfred |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001/acref-9780198073857-e-0548 |website=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001/acref-9780198073857-e-0548 |date=2011}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=December 2021}} |
* [[Henry Alfred Krishnapillai]] - well-known poet in Tamil language.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arthur Jeyakumar |first1=D. |title=Krishnapillai, Henry Alfred |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001/acref-9780198073857-e-0548 |website=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001/acref-9780198073857-e-0548 |date=2011}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=December 2021}} |
||
* [[Vinod Kambli]] - former Indian cricketer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vinod Kambli can go out of sight but never out of mind |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/vinod-kambli-out-of-sight-but-never-out-of-mind-mumbai-ranji-4944083/ |quote=“We followed all religions from childhood, when I was wearing that Saibaba amulet in my playing days, I used to also do the cross-sign. I converted on my own will because I found peace and it has really changed me. When people say something negative to me on twitter, I just say God Bless you. It has mellowed me down.”|work=The Indian Express |date=19 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter from the official account |url=https://twitter.com/vinodkambli349/status/713786631396986880 |language=en}}</ref> |
* [[Vinod Kambli]] - former Indian cricketer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vinod Kambli can go out of sight but never out of mind |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/vinod-kambli-out-of-sight-but-never-out-of-mind-mumbai-ranji-4944083/ |quote=“We followed all religions from childhood, when I was wearing that Saibaba amulet in my playing days, I used to also do the cross-sign. I converted on my own will because I found peace and it has really changed me. When people say something negative to me on twitter, I just say God Bless you. It has mellowed me down.”|work=The Indian Express |date=19 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter from the official account |url=https://twitter.com/vinodkambli349/status/713786631396986880 |language=en}}</ref> |
||
* [[Remo D'Souza]] - Indian choreographer, actor, and film director.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramesh Gopi got #converted and became Remo D'Souza. Hindu converted to Christianity |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAVvj8ZQoWc |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Remo D’Souza a ‘rice bag’ convert? » Sirf News |url=https://www.sirfnews.com/remo-dsouza-a-rice-bag-convert/ |publisher=www.sirfnews.com |date=3 December 2021}}</ref> |
|||
==See also== |
==See also== |
||
Revision as of 07:56, 13 December 2021
This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Hinduism.
List
| Name | Nationality | Notes | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishna Mohan Banerjee | 
|
Indian | Prominent educator, linguist, and missionary | [1][2] |
| Michael Madhusudan Dutt | 
|
Indian | Bengali poet. | [3] |
| Bobby Jindal | 
|
American | former Louisiana governor. | [4][5] |
| Rabi Maharaj | Trinidadian-born Indian | former Brahmin guru; founder of East/West Gospel Ministries; bestselling author of Death of a Guru: A Remarkable True Story of one Man's Search for Truth. | [6][7] | |
| Mohini | Indian | South Indian actress. | [8] | |
| Sister Nirmala | Indian | succeeded Mother Teresa as Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997. | [9] | |
| Krishna Pal | 
|
Indian | first Indian convert to Baptist Christianity due to the missionary activity of William Carey; subsequently preached the gospel for 20 years. | [10] |
- Devasahayam Pillai - official in the court of the King Maharaja Marthanda Varma. Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.[11][12][13]
- Predhuman K Joseph Dhar - Kashmiri author, social worker and writer.[14]
- Francina Sorabji - Indian women educator.[15]
- Puroshottam Choudhary - 19th century Telugu poet who was the pastor of the Berhampur Church after his conversion.[16][need quotation to verify]
- Henry Alfred Krishnapillai - well-known poet in Tamil language.[17][need quotation to verify]
- Vinod Kambli - former Indian cricketer.[18][19]
- Remo D'Souza - Indian choreographer, actor, and film director.[20][21]
See also
References
- ^ Gabriel, Merigala (2011). "Banerjee, Krishna Mohan". The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198073857.013.0097 (inactive 2021-11-18).
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2021 (link) - ^ Hatcher, Brian (May 1999). Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-19-534413-4. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bobby Jindal: The immigrant's leap of faith". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Whoriskey, Peter (October 21, 2007). "Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ Rabi Maharaj Death of a Guru: A Remarkable True Story of one Man's Search for Truth.
- ^ "Death of a Guru: The Story of Rabi Maharaj". www.leaderu.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "Indian-born nun to succeed Mother Teresa" at cnn.com
- ^ "Sister Nirmala: The apostle of peace in trying times". The Indian Express. 3 February 2009.
- ^ Neill, Stephen (2002). A History of Christianity in India: 1707-1858. Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–198. ISBN 9780521893329. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Vatican refuses to change the caste title of Devasahayam Pillai". The Hindu. 13 May 2017.
- ^ Church beatifies India's first 'lay' martyr, Business Standard, 2 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Indian martyr, Devasahayam, cleared for sainthood". Vatican News. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ AsiaNews.it. "INDIA Kashmiri translation of Bible completed, the work of a convert". asianews.it. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Mossman, Mary Jane (31 May 2006). The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84731-095-8.
- ^ Christopher, K. W. “Negotiating the Spiritual: Purushottama Choudhari and Early 19th Century Christian Literature in Telugu.” Indian Literature, vol. 59, no. 1 (285), Sahitya Akademi, 2015, pp. 150–64, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44479273.
- ^ Arthur Jeyakumar, D. (2011). "Krishnapillai, Henry Alfred". The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001/acref-9780198073857-e-0548.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|last1=at position 7 (help) - ^ "Vinod Kambli can go out of sight but never out of mind". The Indian Express. 19 November 2017.
"We followed all religions from childhood, when I was wearing that Saibaba amulet in my playing days, I used to also do the cross-sign. I converted on my own will because I found peace and it has really changed me. When people say something negative to me on twitter, I just say God Bless you. It has mellowed me down."
- ^ "Twitter from the official account".
- ^ "Ramesh Gopi got #converted and became Remo D'Souza. Hindu converted to Christianity".
- ^ "Remo D'Souza a 'rice bag' convert? » Sirf News". www.sirfnews.com. 3 December 2021.